Exhibit 99.1



Kadmon Provides Business Update and Reports Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results

 

NEW YORK, August 5, 2019 – Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KDMN) today provided a business update and reported financial and operational results for the second quarter of 2019.

“We have made steady progress advancing KD025 for the treatment of cGVHD and expect the second half of 2019 to feature key milestones in this development program,” said Harlan W. Waksal, M.D., President and CEO of Kadmon. “We remain on track to have this registration trial fully enrolled in the third quarter of 2019 and expect to provide an interim analysis by year end.”

Dr. Waksal added, “We continue to make progress across our broader platform, having recently dosed our first patient in a Phase 2 study of KD025 in systemic sclerosis, a disease closely related to cGVHD; we also expect to initiate a clinical trial of KD033, our immuno-oncology fusion protein, by the end of 2019. We continue to carefully manage our financial resources and the capacity of our scientific team and remain focused on driving KD025 closer to regulatory submission.”

2H 2019 Anticipated Key Milestones:

KD025

    cGVHD

    Systemic Sclerosis

KD033

KD045

KD034



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Financial Results



Second Quarter 2019 Results

Net income for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2019 was $9.2 million and $12.8 million, respectively, compared to $21.5 million and $1.1 million for the same periods in 2018. Net income for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was driven by non-cash unrealized gains related to Kadmon’s ownership of common stock of MeiraGTx Holdings plc (MeiraGTx), a publicly-traded (Nasdaq: MGTX), clinical-stage gene therapy company.



Loss from operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2019 was $24.8 million and $47.6 million, respectively, compared to $18.8 million and $36.8 million for the same periods in 2018. The increase in loss from operations was primarily related to an increase in research and development expenses.



Research and development expenses for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2019 were $15.1 million and $30.1 million, respectively, compared to $10.2 million and $20.0 million for the same periods in 2018. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily related to the development of KD025, as well as the development of KD033 and KD045.



Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2019 were $9.0 million and $16.9 million, respectively, compared to $8.8 million and $17.1 million for the same periods in 2018. 



Liquidity and Capital Resources



At June 30, 2019, Kadmon’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $86.2 million, compared to $94.7 million at December 31, 2018. In addition, as of June 30, 2019, Kadmon maintained approximately 10.6% ownership of common stock of MeiraGTx, which was valued at $95.0 million at June 30, 2019. 



About KD025 

KD025 is a selective oral inhibitor of Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 (ROCK2), a signaling pathway that modulates inflammatory response. Enrollment is ongoing in ROCKstar (KD025-213), an open-label registration trial of KD025 in cGVHD patients who have received at least two prior lines of systemic therapy. The primary endpoint is the Overall Response Rate (ORR), defined as the percentage of patients who achieve a complete or partial response at any time point during the study, per the 2014 National Institutes of Health overall response criteria. The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation and Orphan Drug Designation to KD025 for the treatment of cGVHD. KD025 is also being studied in an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial in adults with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (KD025-209).



About Kadmon

Kadmon is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company developing innovative products for significant unmet medical needs. Our product pipeline is focused on inflammatory and fibrotic diseases as well as immuno-oncology.



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Forward Looking Statements

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Contact Information

Ellen Cavaleri, Investor Relations

646.490.2989

ellen.cavaleri@kadmon.com



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